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Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s. She is regarded today as an icon of the Jazz Age and flapper culture, in part due to the bob hairstyle that she helped popularize during the prime of her career. Brooks began her career as a dancer. While dancing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City, she came to the attention of Walter Wanger, a producer at Paramount Pictures, and was signed to a five-year contract with the studio. She appeared in supporting roles in various Paramount films before taking the heroine's role in Beggars of Life (1928). Dissatisfied with her mediocre roles in Hollywood films, Brooks went to Germany in 1929 and starred in three feature films that launched her to international stardom: Pandora's Box (1929), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), and Miss Europe (1930); the first two were directed by G. W. Pabst. By 1938, she had starred in seventeen silent films and eight sound films. After retiring from acting, she fell upon financial hardship and became a paid escort. For the next two decades, she struggled with alcoholism and suicidal tendencies. Following the rediscovery of her films by cinephiles in the 1950s, a reclusive Brooks began writing articles about her film career; her insightful essays drew considerable acclaim. She published her memoir, Lulu in Hollywood, in 1982. Three years later, she died of a heart attack at age 78. [preceding biography, edited, from Wikipedia]

Personal information

Birthday

1906-11-14

Birth Place

Cherryvale, Kansas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

1001 Films

1001 Films

1989

5.5

Movie
A Girl in Every Port

A Girl in Every Port

1928

6.3

Movie
A Social Celebrity

A Social Celebrity

1926

0.0

Movie
poster

Arena

1975

6.7

TV
Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life

1928

7.1

Movie
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

7.7

Movie
Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

1929

7.4

Movie
Empty Saddles

Empty Saddles

1936

0.0

Movie
Evening Clothes

Evening Clothes

1927

0.0

Movie
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

9.0

Movie
God's Gift to Women

God's Gift to Women

1931

5.0

Movie
poster

Hollywood

1980

8.3

TV
It Pays to Advertise

It Pays to Advertise

1931

4.7

Movie
It's the Old Army Game

It's the Old Army Game

1926

5.0

Movie
Just Another Blonde

Just Another Blonde

1926

6.0

Movie
Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

1986

0.0

Movie
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

7.3

Movie
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

Love 'Em and Leave 'Em

1926

6.7

Movie
Lulu in Berlin

Lulu in Berlin

1984

7.0

Movie
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

1976

0.0

Movie
Miss Europe

Miss Europe

1930

6.2

Movie
poster

Mysteries and Scandals

1998

5.0

TV
Now We're in the Air

Now We're in the Air

1927

6.2

Movie
Overland Stage Raiders

Overland Stage Raiders

1938

5.0

Movie
Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box

1929

7.5

Movie
Rolled Stockings

Rolled Stockings

1927

0.0

Movie
The American Venus

The American Venus

1926

0.0

Movie
The Canary Murder Case

The Canary Murder Case

1929

5.6

Movie
The City Gone Wild

The City Gone Wild

1927

0.0

Movie
The Show Off

The Show Off

1926

7.2

Movie
The Street of Forgotten Men

The Street of Forgotten Men

1925

6.0

Movie
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007

4.9

Movie
Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

1931

5.0

Movie